Typhoon Inday and monsoon cause 17 deaths in Philippines

At least 17 people have died in the Philippines after heavy rains from Typhoon Inday and an enhanced southwest monsoon triggered fatal landslides and flooding across the southern and central regions of the country, according to national disaster officials. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported the updated death toll on Saturday, July 11, as the typhoon moved away from the archipelago.

The majority of the fatalities occurred in two separate landslides. Ten people were killed in Malapatan, Sarangani, where a landslide buried a house occupied by two families in Sitio Pandaw, Barangay Poblacion, on Friday morning. Local officials reported that retrieval operations were completed on Saturday. In a separate incident in Calanogas, Lanao del Sur, five people died in a landslide that struck early Friday morning. Two additional deaths from drowning were reported in Bukidnon. The council noted that all casualty figures are still undergoing validation.

Search and rescue operations continue for nine missing individuals, six from Calanogas and three from Malapatan. Four injuries have also been recorded across the affected provinces. The combined weather systems...